Just received this press release from Cause of Action with LabMD’s response to FTC’s complaint: Cause of Action (CoA), a government accountability organization, filed an answer to an aggressive and arbitrary enforcement action brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against LabMD, a small cancer diagnosis company. CoA is defending LabMD against a complaint brought by the FTC in…
Category: Health Data
Edgewater Hospital’s Medical Records Found at Abandoned Premises
Nancy Loo reports that more than a decade after its closing, medical records have been found at the abandoned Edgewater Hospital on Chicago’s North side. A joint WGN – Chicago Tribune investigation has confirmed an extraordinary situation involving medical records at the old hospital. And as Nancy Loo reports, not only were medical files left…
NHC Oak Ridge discloses breach involving unencrypted backup tape
The following email was published by The Oak Ridger after it was sent to them by NHC Oak Ridge administration: Officials at NHC Oak Ridge, 300 Laboratory Road, have reported a possible breach of patient information due to a missing backup tape that wasn’t encrypted. The information on this tape included patient names, Social Security…
NZ privacy commissioner finds that physician properly mitigated harm following a breach
Case Note 248601 [2013] NZ PrivCmr 4 : Medical practice mitigates future harm after data breach A doctor working in a suburban medical practice had his car broken into and bag stolen. The bag contained a USB stick holding the personal information of a number of patients, including the complainant. The data detailed the complainant’s…
NZ insurance firm settles over privacy breach
Stuff reports: An insurance company has been forced to reach a settlement and change its policies after breaching a man’s privacy by accessing his full medical history without permission. The unidentified man brought a complaint to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner after the company he applied to for trauma insurance accessed his full medical…
FDNY EMS sued over photos that violated privacy and humiliated people
Despite my efforts to stay on top of news stories about privacy breaches, I am no longer surprised to learn that I’ve missed some big ones. Such appears to be the case involving some members of the FDNY EMS service. In March, Twitter and the media lit up after racist tweets by “Bad Lieutenant,” identified…